Esther Madmon, chairwoman of the laboratory workers' union, commented in an interview on Reshet Bet radio on the shortage of PCR tests.

"There is a great shortage in laboratory workers. There is no plan for how to prepare for this wave, there is no preparation for anything," Madmon said, adding: "There is no absorption of new workers. The Home Front Command assisted laboratories in the previous wave, we received help from manpower which helped us, now there is no cooperation."